From that level. Going from 1 to 2 is TN 6. Going from 2 to 3 is TN 10. It takes one month.

You can't buy contacts with cash after the "seasoning" phase, by the way. You have to either meet them in-game and develop a relationship with them or use downtime.

Allright, my updated character sheet and background has been sent in. *Crosses his fingers*

Tinker, I sent you the updates to my character via PM. Do you want me to send them via e-mail as well?

Yes, if you want to combine it into one email, you can also do the summary in the same email. I do need the summary, though. It'll save me lots of headaches later on.

Okay, I need those emails before the end of the day today. These are the ones I've gotten so far:

• Paul_Harkonen -- Shade (stealth/B&E, adept, probably human give the concept)
• FXcalibur -- Marionette (lion shaman, dwarf)
• Misfit Toy -- Belfast (Belfast, human)
• Shadow -- Blaze (Wyrm shaman, ork)
• Chance359 -- Sedryk (Sedryk, ork)
• last_of_the_great_mikeys -- Brick (muscle, ork)
• WinterRat1 -- Mako (shark shamanist, human)
• RangerJoe -- Gritz (combat decker, ork)

Eight people so far (plus Panzer and Beast who haven't sent me emails yet but I know want in). If there aren't enough completed characters for two games, I'll be running the Mafia game and the other at a later date. All of that will get ironed out completely on Friday.

If you don't send me a character concept email today, never fear. You're not forbidden from playing. Get me a character by Friday and you're in. The only catch is that you won't get to pick the game you end up in.

Too many awakened...Tempted to use Evans again.

Go with what you want to play. I'm not capping the number of awakened in either game, though. Just expect the threats to be scaled accordingly.

Sorry, Mako is a human. And is that the order you rolled or just what you have so far?

Rolls will be done late tonight or first thing tomorrow. Those are just the entries I have with concepts so far.

An updated Paris should be in your mailbox, Tinker.

JaronK

With so many magicians being submitted, will you consider allowing spells from "respectable" web sources like the Hoosier Hacker House or Blackjack's Pages? I just thought it might add a little more variety into the mix.

I notice T:AL isn't on the books list, so are you allowing channeling?

I felt cheated when that battle against all the spirits ended before they could attack me. I can't wait to try Swift Eagle against this powerful spirit you hinted at. That is what I bought a weapon focus for, after all.

Yeah, I just picked up T:AL last week. I'll add it to the main list.

I got really sick last night and took a big dose of Hybernol (aka, NyQuil) so I'm still fuzzy. I'll be posting a "finalized" list of concepts and the "game choosing initiative" in the next hour or so.

I don't like web sources, as a rule, but if you can make the spell through the normal design rules and run it past me (and spend the research time to make your own formulae), you can probably have it.

Current list of characters:

• JaronK -- Paris (Paris) -- 14
• FXcalibur -- Marionette (lion shaman, dwarf) -- 12
• WinterRat1 -- Mako (shark shamanist, human) -- 13
• Shadow -- Blaze (Wyrm shaman, ork) -- 11
• Digital Heroin -- Johnny Jett (decker) -- 10
• Paul_Harkonen -- Shade (stealth/B&E, adept, probably human give the concept) -- 9
• ??? -- Drake (mage of some sort) -- 9
• Misfit Toy -- Belfast (Belfast, human) -- 8
• last_of_the_great_mikeys -- Brick (muscle, ork) -- 8
• Beast -- Thor (Thor) -- 6
• RangerJoe -- Gritz (combat decker, ork) -- 5
• Panzergeist -- Swift Eagle (Swift Eagle) -- 5
• Chance359 -- Sedryk (Sedryk, ork) -- 3

Alright, that's 13 players. Go ahead and make your choices. Remember, you can choose one of three things:

• Pick a game
• Pick a player with a lower roll (this ensures that you end up in a game with a player you want to play with)
• Decide to let me stick you into whichever game at the end

Again, the two games are:

• In Heaven and Earth: A Mafia hit on the Yakuza's most deadly weapon
• Public Exposure: A counterterrorism effort in Downtown Seattle

Although my choice won't probably be my choice since I'm so low down on the list (stupid "picking the most appropriate contact level" methodology), I'm going to futilely put my vote on In Heaven and Earth just because I adore games dealing with the mob.

Edit: on second thought, heaven and earth. Looks like all the old players are heading there, so...

In heaven and earth

Put me with Panzergeist.

I select In Heaven and Earth. I'm a hitman. At last, a chance to actually hit someone!

Characters due at 4pm ET Friday, July 9 (tomorrow), correct?

I guess I'll go with In Heaven and Earth.

Seems the tides are going towards H&E, which suits me fine since PE was what I was looking for. Downtown = Decker's Paradise

Gonna have to go for Heaven and Earth here.

Looks like I'm getting into Public Exposure-- unless that would be decker overload.

So far the players for Heaven and Earth:

• JaronK -- Paris (Paris) -- 14
• WinterRat1 -- Mako (shark shamanist, human) -- 13
• FXcalibur -- Marionette (lion shaman, dwarf) -- 12

So far the players for Public Exposure:

• Digital Heroin -- Johnny Jett (decker) -- 10

So far players which haven't voiced a preference or have but are too far down the list to get their choice yet:

• Shadow -- Blaze (Wyrm shaman, ork) -- 11
• ??? -- Drake (mage of some sort) -- 9
• Paul_Harkonen -- Shade (stealth/B&E, adept, probably human give the concept) -- 9
• Misfit Toy -- Belfast (Belfast, human) -- 8
• last_of_the_great_mikeys -- Brick (muscle, ork) -- 8
• Beast -- Thor (Thor) -- 6
• RangerJoe -- Gritz (combat decker, ork) -- 5
• Panzergeist -- Swift Eagle (Swift Eagle) -- 5
• Chance359 -- Sedryk (Sedryk, ork) -- 3

Anyone who hasn't picked yet needs to do so before tomorrow afternoon. I also need character sheets from everyone by tomorrow.

WinterRat: I just wanted to say that's a great name for your character.

My apologies for not responding earlier, as you likely already read my computer died so i'm not exactly in top shape. I'm going to go for heaven and earth. also, i don't know that i can get you my character sheet by then would it be ok to drop it by you later? PLEASE, if not i understand and you can feel free to drop me.

If I've got a character concept, I can hold off for special circumstances on getting the character sheet. I'll set a hard and fast date a little later (next week early).

Anyway, the update

So far the players for Heaven and Earth:

• JaronK -- Paris (Paris) -- 14
• WinterRat1 -- Mako (shark shamanist, human) -- 13
• FXcalibur -- Marionette (lion shaman, dwarf) -- 12
• Paul_Harkonen -- Shade (stealth/B&E, adept, probably human give the concept) -- 9

So far the players for Public Exposure:

• Digital Heroin -- Johnny Jett (decker) -- 10

So far players which haven't voiced a preference or have but are too far down the list to get their choice yet:

• Shadow -- Blaze (Wyrm shaman, ork) -- 11
• ??? -- Drake (mage of some sort) -- 9
• Misfit Toy -- Belfast (Belfast, human) -- 8
• last_of_the_great_mikeys -- Brick (muscle, ork) -- 8
• Beast -- Thor (Thor) -- 6
• RangerJoe -- Gritz (combat decker, ork) -- 5
• Panzergeist -- Swift Eagle (Swift Eagle) -- 5
• Chance359 -- Sedryk (Sedryk, ork) -- 3

Anyone who hasn't picked yet needs to do so before tomorrow afternoon. I also need character sheets from everyone by tomorrow.

Hey TKG, Blaze and Drake are the same character. I havent decided on a name yet. Sorry I didn't make that clear in the email...

I would like Heaven & Earth btw

I am okay with playing whichever game you feel my character is most suited for or his skills will fit in.

Yay, that puts me next. I'm still up for Heaven & Earth unless you're capping it at five players.

The players for Heaven and Earth:

• JaronK -- Paris (Paris) -- 14
• WinterRat1 -- Mako (shark shamanist, human) -- 13
• FXcalibur -- Marionette (lion shaman, dwarf) -- 12
• Paul_Harkonen -- Shade (stealth/B&E, adept, probably human give the concept) -- 9
• Shadow -- Blaze/Drake (Wyrm shaman, ork) -- 11
• Misfit Toy -- Belfast (Belfast, human) -- 8

The players for Public Exposure:

• Digital Heroin -- Johnny Jett (decker) -- 10
• last_of_the_great_mikeys -- Brick (muscle, ork) -- 8
• Beast -- Thor (Thor) -- 6
• RangerJoe -- Gritz (combat decker, ork) -- 5
• Panzergeist -- Swift Eagle (Swift Eagle) -- 5
• Chance359 -- Sedryk (Sedryk, ork) -- 3

Interesting split. Anyway, unless I get some unconcepted character sheets tomorrow, that's the way the games will be split up. Posting will start sometime tomorrow or Saturday, depending on a variety of RL issues

I want characters tomorrow. If you really can't get them to me until Monday, then that'll work, too.

Tinker, is everything kosher with Paris? Good to go and all that?

JaronK

Kinda worried about the alt team's lack of mojo.

TG indicated the challenge would be scaled accordingly, but I think the team's laid out quite well. Mojo we may be lacking, but it's supposed to be a subtle operation, and my experience with magic is people tend to lack in that department when they could just mind control and fireball away.

It does seem an odd outcome. Two deckers in one, and a hoard of magicians in the other. If nothing else, it should prove two very, very interesting runs.

Of course since we have members of the last run in each one, maybe we could arrange some inter-run communications to "team up" during pivotal moments in each. Might be a logistical nightmare, but it could definitely be interesting...

I think TinkerGnome skipped on the quick descriptions for all the old team members. You'll note Paris' summary is missing from our list, too.

Liam "Belfast" McGuinness is essentially an Irish combat mage of a Celtic druidic tradition remarkbly similar to the wujen tradition. He's aligned towards elemental metal (Manipulation spells and Spirits of Man as I recently discovered) which is opposed by elemental fire (Combat spells and Salamanders). In the last game his knack for dealing and manipulating with spirits proved to be his strongest focus, but he's a pretty well-rounded combat mage. If he has one weakness magically, its in protective magics of which he has none beyond Masking and Shielding. His other metamagic techniques include Anchoring, Channeling, and Invoking (the latter two explaining his reputation for Conjury).

Being Irish, he's no schmuck in a fight whether it by fist (drunken boxing) or by pistol (Glock 28), and he can be quite the charmer when he wants to. Beyond all that, he's pretty good at interrogation, has quite a few contacts in the freedom fighting department (hint hint), and is currently in a hot and heavy relationship with a right sexy lass with a fiery temper who works as a street entertainer Downtown (a level 3 contact that, based upon the team make-up, might be someone we can call in if we need a bit of muscle). He had a leprechaun familiar in the last game, but TKG wanted me to change certain aspects about Bel and losing Red Tom was one of the sacrifices I needed to make in order to keep him up to snuff. If the games continue, I'm definitely going to be reinvesting Good Karma in "the son of Red Tom" as the GK rolls in -- I really had a blast playing him. For continuity's sake, however, I'm going to assume Red Tom sacrificed himself to help save us at the end of the last game... so Bel might still be a little depressed about that if it comes up.

All right, is that enough or were you looking for something more specific?

And sheesh, in retrospect it dawned on me while reading what I just typed that I really need to start creating more simplistic characters. That, or get a life. Neither of those prospects sound very promising though... bah.

Nice pic

OOC thread for In Heaven and Earth

OOC thread for Public Exposure

Everyone head over to the respective board and post your character's description (IC and OOC) and put in your two on who should be team leader in each game.